Iziprofetho zamaNtsikana
IsiXhosa esiqhingini saseMpumalanga Kapa kwakuyi-Chief Nguni isikhulu esiphezulu kubahloli bamazwe aseYurophu, abazingeli, abahwebi, izithunywa zevangeli, amasosha kanye nabaqondisi bezakoloni ngokukhula okuqhubekayo kusukela ekupheleni kwekhulu le-18 kuya phambili.
Lezi zithintana zenkambiso yamasiko kwakuzoba nomthelela omkhulu eNkathini yeCape Nguni, okwamanje, ebonakalayo kuze kube yilolu suku. UNtombi, umprofethi odumile waseXhosa owafa ngo-1821, wayengumguquleli kaMfundisi Joseph Williams weLondon Missionary Society.
Nakuba wayengumuntu ongafundile, uNtombi wahlabelela izingoma, ezisekhona namabandla angamaKristu anamuhla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wenza iziprofetho ezithakazelisayo, isixwayiso sokubaluleka okuqhubekayo 'kwezinkinobho ezingenazo izimbobo' (imali) nokubikezela 'izinyoka ezishaya umlilo' (izitimela) ezizohamba emaphandleni.
Ukuguqulwa ebuKristwini kwaholela ekuthuthukiseni ukwakhiwa okukhulu komphakathi waseCape Nguni, owawuzoqhubeka kuze kube ngawo-1950, phakathi kwabantu okuthiwa 'Isikolo'-'Abantu abaBomvu'. Abangaphambili, abamukela ubuKristu kanye nemfundo yaseNtshonalanga, bekungumkhiqizo weziteshi zemishini kanye nezikole.
Usiko lwamaNguni eKapa
Abantu baseCape Nguni bathonywa kakhulu yiYurophu yangaleso sikhathi, ikakhulukazi isiko esikhuluma isiNgisi, njengoba bezinikezwa ngamazwi nangezenzo izithunywa zevangeli zaseYurophu. I-'School'-abantu bathatha isitayela esihlukile sokugqoka kanye namasiko amasiko aguquke esekelwe esontweni nasesikoleni.
Abaholi bezinkolelo bahlongozwa ngokuthi 'Abomvu' ngenxa yomkhuba wabo wokubumba ubumba obomvu ebusweni babo nasemzimbeni. Ukulahla kokubili isonto nemfundo yaseNtshonalanga njengezethulo zangaphandle, abaholi bezinkolelo baqhubeka nokwenza imikhuba ehlonishwayo eyayizungeze imimoya yabokhokho.
IziXhosa-abakhulumi namuhla baningi abangamaKristu. Ngisho nezikhulu kanye nabahlengikazi bendabuko (ababhuli kanye nabashushumbisi bemithi) baqokwa uma bengenzi amaKristu. Noma kunjalo, ubuKristu be-Xhosa buya ngokuya phambili obuye bafinyelela izinhlobo ezahlukene zokuhlala nabokhokho kanye nemikhosi yendabuko abakhumbuzayo.
Ngokumangalisayo, imihlobiso eyayifanekisela ukugqoka kwendabuko ngekhwalithi, ikakhulukazi ngekhulu lama-20, ingumkhiqizo wezendabuko, ikakhulukazi wesifazane owakhiwa eduze kwezinto ezenziwa ezenziwa eYurophu: i-glass bead, eyatholakala ngokukhululekile phakathi nekhulu le-19 leminyaka.
Translated by Nsika Khoza